Bolt fastener



H. J. MURPHY Oct. 16, 1951 BOLT FASTENER v Filed n ec. 1o, 194s HOWARD d. MURPHY,

as., 09a/wv www,

Patented Oct. 16,; 1951 BOLT FASTENER Howard J. Murphy, Lynnfield, Mass., assigner to United-Carr Fastener Corporation, Cambridge, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application December 10, 1948, Serial No. 64,601

The present invention relates to fastener 'secured installations and fasteners therefor and aims generally to improve existing installations and fasteners.

A primary object of the present invention is the provision of an improved fastener secured installation adapted for attachment to an apertured support, particularly in blind installations where the support is accessible from only one side thereof.

A further object of the invention is the pro- `vision of ya fastener secured installation including a fastener member adapted for snap fastener engagement with an apertured support and a threaded stud member secured by said fastener and extending beyond'the support to threadedly receive a part to be secured thereto.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a fastener secured installation which will serve as an efficient shelf support for blind assemblies, for example refrigerators and the like.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an improved fastener, member and stud member adapted to bepreassembled and insertable as a unit in an apertured support by a snap fastener action.

The above and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates from a consideration of the accompanying drawings and annexed specification illustrating and describing a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved snap fastener device with a stud bolt or the like positioned therein;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the snap fastener device alone;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the snap fastener device assembled in an apertured support;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device taken on line 4-4 of Fig- 3;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the stud bolt or screw.

Referring now to the drawings, the improved fastener installation of the present invention comprises a fastener member I and a stud bolt or member 2 assembled together and adapted to be inserted as a unit in an apertured support with an end portion of the bolt or screw protruding from the support a predetermined amount for engagement with a supporting spindle, spool or like element.

1 Claim. (Cl. 151-33) The stud bolt or screw 2 advantageously may have a threaded portion 3, a square headportion- 4 and an enlarged head ange 5 forming a shoulder 6. The head of the bolt is adapted to be received by the fastener member with the square portion 4 snugly fitting within the walls of the fastener and the shoulder 6 engaging the ends of the fastener to thereby prevent rotation of the stud or screw and relative axial movement in one direction. The square construction of the head portion is preferred since this affords maximum resistance to turning. However, other non-circular cross-sectional configurations such as rectangular, hexagonal, octagonal and the like may be used without departing from the scope of the invention.

The fastener member I preferably comprises an open ended sleeve or cage having oppositely disposed side wall portions 'I and 8 joined along their lower edges to other oppositely disposed side wall portions 9 and I0 thus forming a substantially square stud-receiving portion adapted to be passed through an aperture ll in the support I2 and to snugly receive therein the square portion 4 of the stud 2.

The side wall portions 1 and 8 are provided at one of their ends with outwardly extending support-engaging members I3 and I4 adapted to bear against an outer surface of a support and to limit the movement of the fastener member inwardly through an aperture thereof. Additional members I5 and I6 extend inwardly from the upper ends of the side wall portions 'I and 8 and are adapted to engage the threads of the bolt or screw 2 to provide a support for the stud intermediate its ends and hold it in assembled relationship with the fastener memberl while assembling the unit in an apertured support.

The fastener member may be retained in engagement with the support by means of resilient portions or tongues I 1 and I8 of reduced width formed integrally with the side wall portions 9 and Illterminating short of the ends and of the support-engaging portions I3 and I4 so as to engage an inner surface of a support by a snap fastener action and hold the fastener and unit in place therein.

In assembling the unit the stud or bolt 2 is rst inserted through the open end of the fastener member I and pushed therethrough until the shoulder 6 on the head of the stud engages the end of the fastener body. The square head 4 of the bolt or screw 2 will then be positioned in the square recess portion of the fastener member I and held therein by engagement `of the inwardly projecting members I and I5 in the thread grooves 3 of the stud as shown in Fig. 1.

The fastener I with the stud bolt or screw 2 positioned therein is then inserted as a unit through the aperture II of a support I2 until the support-engaging members I3 and I4 engage the outer portion of the support. During this operation rthe .outwardly flared .upper 4resilient portions I'I and .I8 .of the side portions "9 and ID will be forced inwardly by the sides of the aperture II. When the upper ends of the ared portions I'I and I8 clear the edges of the opening II they will snap outwardly beyond the edges Aof the opening as shown in Fig. .5, and .thus lock the fastener in assembled tposition in the apertured support I2. Any type of supporting :spindle, spool or like element may then be attached to the threaded portion 3 of 'the stud '2 Iand securely held thereby against the support .I Z.

Inasmuch as the fastener member and assembled stud are inserted as a unit from l.the .same

'side "o`f the support I2, the assembly is useful in blind installations in 'which 'the supper-'thas 'but one accessible side.

It .will thus'be seen that the `fastener assembly of thepresentinventionis simple and economical in construction and easily installed in an napertured support without the use of special tools.

It'is advantageous as a shelf support forrefr-igerators and theilike because of Vits -ready assembly -wtih an apertured support-and the Yprovision of a bearing support for 'the stud intermediate fits ends.

tending through said sleeve member, a pair of opposed side portions extending longitudinally from said stud head-receiving portion, said side portions having adjacent the ends thereof outwardly extending support-engaging tongues for engaging one surface of a support on opposite sides of a support aperture therein and inwardly extending studeengag-ing ltongues ffor engaging .the shank of atstud to Ahold it in assembled relation with the sleeve member, and a second pair of opposed longitudinally extending side portions intermediate said first named side portions and having their terminal ends spaced longitudinally toward -said head portion from said outwardly extending support-engaging tongues an amount slightly'greater -than the support thickness, said second pair of opposed side portions being lat- *era'llyresilient and-inclined outwardly so that the terminal ends thereof are disposed beyond the edges of a support aperture for engagement with a surface ,of a support opposite to thatengaged by (said outwardly extending support-'engaging tongues.

HOWARD J.

REFERENCES CITED HThe following references are of Yrecord in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,511,542 '.Iomkinson Oct. 14, 1924 1,521,658 yToi'nltinson Jan. 6, l1'925 1,616,438 VBrooks .'Feb. 8, 41927 1,796,781 Pullman. Mar. 1.7., 1931 11,826,201 `Carroll Oct. 6, 1931 2,283,122 Murphy .May Y12, .1942 A2,342,832 Borchers Feb. 29, 1944 2,372,716 Evans Apr. 3, 1945 .2,400,545 Kost May 21, .-1946 `2,411,364 Butterfield.Y Nov. 19, .1946

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 392,025 Great VBritain May 1,1, A1933 

